I AM AN EMOTIONAL CREATURE

I love being a girl.
I can feel what you’re feeling as you’re feeling it inside the feeling before.

I am an emotional creature.

Things do not come to me as intellectual theories or hard-shaped ideas.
They pulse through my organs and legs and burn up my ears.
I know when your girlfriend’s really pissed off even though she appears to give you what you want.
I know when a storm is coming.
I can feel the invisible stirrings in the air.
I can tell you he won’t call back.
It’s a vibe I share.

I am an emotional creature.

I love that I do not take things lightly.
Everything is intense to me.
The way I walk in the street.
The way my mother wakes me up.
The way I hear bad news.
The way it’s unbearable when I lose.
I am an emotional creature.

I am connected to everything and everyone.
I was born like that.
Don’t you dare say all negative that it’s a teenage thing or it’s only only because I’m a girl.
These feelings make me better.
They make me ready.
They make me present.
They make me strong.

I am an emotional creature.

There is a particular way of knowing.
It’s like the older women somehow forgot.
I rejoice that it’s still in my body.
I know when the coconut’s about to fall.
I know that we’ve pushed the earth too far.
I know my father isn’t coming back.
That no one’s prepared for the fire.
I know that lipstick means more than show.
I know that boys feel super-insecure and so-called terrorists are made, not born.
I know that one kiss can take away all my decision-making ability and sometimes, you know, it should.
This is not extreme.
It’s a girl thing.
What we would all be
if the big door inside us flew open.
Don’t tell me not to cry.
To calm it down
Not to be so extreme
To be reasonable.

I am an emotional creature.

It’s how the earth got made.
How the wind continues to pollinate.
You don’t tell the Atlantic ocean to behave.

I am an emotional creature.

Why would you want to shut me down or turn me off?
I am your remaining memory.
I am connecting you to your source.
Nothing’s been diluted.
Nothing’s leaked out.
I can take you back.
I love that I can feel the inside of the feelings in you,
even if it stops my life
even if it hurts too much
or takes me off track
even if it breaks my heart.
It makes me responsible.

I am an emotional
I am an emotional, devotional,
incandotional, creature.

And I love, hear me,
love love love
being a girl.

Eve Ensler, a playwright and activist, is the founder of V-Day, a global movement to end violence against women and girls. In conjunction with I AM AN EMOTIONAL CREATURE, V-Day has developed a targeted pilot program, V-Girls, to engage young women in our “empowerment philanthropy” model, providing them with a platform to amplify their voices.

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Im going thru a low point of my relationship. i luv him so much and hes changing to luv me more. i want to be with him 4ever and this poem is exaclty how im feelin’ i think im gonna get this poem printed poster size and put it in my room. i want to read it before i go to bed everynight.

“Don’t tell me not to cry.To calm it down
Not to be so extreme
To be reasonable.I am an emotional creature.It’s how the earth got made.
How the wind continues to pollinate.
You don’t tell the Atlantic ocean to behave.I am an emotional creature.Why would you want to shut me down or turn me off?”i felt like a hot knife sliced into my heart when i read these words.

To tell you the truth I am not really into poems but what you wrote here touched my heart…I also loved the video on being alone fantastic needed to here that at the moment ….Going through a lonely time just now myself but your video showed me it’s not all doom and gloom